look at sth
(READ) — phrasal verb with look /lʊk/ verbDefinition
B2 to read something in order to check it or form an opinion about it: Can you look at my essay sometime?Reading
(Definition of look at sth (READ) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- browser noun (PERSON)
- devour verb
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- dyslexia noun
- dyslexic adjective, noun
- flick through sth phrasal verb
- misread verb (READ WRONGLY)
- narrate verb
- pore over sth phrasal verb
- read sb's lips idiom
- readable adjective
- reader noun (DEVICE)
- reader noun (PERSON WHO READS)
- readership noun
- reading noun (WRITTEN TEXT)
- reference noun (LOOK AT)
- riffle verb
- semiotics noun
- skim verb (CONSIDER QUICKLY)
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